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The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present day Contextualises the work of renowned filmmakers including Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier Discusses national genres and...

Reassesses the post-revolutionary Iranian Cinema from a new mnemo-political perspective Establishes a new framework of understanding the tensions between hegemonial and excluded aesthetics and rhetorics, between censorship and resistance, carving out...

Examines new sinophone modes of filmic address in Hong Kong cinema in the 20th century, enabling a developing cosmopolitanism to emerge Examines new sinophone modes of filmic address in Hong Kong cinema in the 20th century Explores the Sinophone,...

Looks exclusively at high school films as valuable markers of contemporary Japanese culture Includes illustrated examples from dozens of films to show how they present a distinct style that draws intertextual references from Japanese manga, anime, TV...

Establishes resonance as a critical and conceptual paradigm for film analysis Brings together, for the first time, the work of three of the leading figures in European film: Agn s Varda, Michael Haneke and Jean-Luc NancyEstablishes resonance as a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474456906Author Stella HockenhullFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474454513Author Erica TortolaniFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries ReFocus: The...

Most films rely on a script developed in pre-production. Yet beginning in the 1950s and continuing through the recent mumblecore movement, key independent filmmakers have broken with the traditional screenplay. Instead, they have turned to new approaches...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859653565Author Paul A. WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859653558Author Paul A. WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

This guide seeks to teach those unable to afford animation training or looking to find an alternate path. "The Guerrilla Guide to Animation" aims to provide the outsider, the anarchist or the rebel guidance into the world of 2D animation. While there are...

Peter Weir is one of the most important Australian film directors. His films have had a major impact, both in terms of the Australian film industry ("Picnic at Hanging Rock", "The Cars That Ate Paris", and "Gallipoli") and as the work of an innovative...

One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906--2002) directed numerous acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and...

As a script supervisor, second unit director, producer, and director, Herbert Coleman's film career spanned seven decades. Active in Hollywood from 1926 through 1988, he enjoyed a lengthy and illustrious career, highlighted by an impressive string of...

This volume is the first to examine, in either French or English, the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix, often seen as the best example of the 1980s cinema du look, with cult films, such as Diva and Betty Blue (37 2 le matin).. After an introduction which...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312112769Author Eric TaubFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861713711Author Jeremy Mark RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861713476Author JEREMY MARK ROBINSONFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

The cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the Second World War, when film became a critically important medium for influencing mass opinion. Feature films about the forces, such as "Target for Tonight", "In Which We Serve" and "The Way...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884956256Author Suzanne KitaFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Quill Driver Books, U.S.Publisher Quill Driver Books, U.S.Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our collection ranges from classic titles to the latest releases,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629335049Author William NesbittFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 717gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938611Author Scott Kenyon BarkerFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint Bearmanor AdultPublisher Bearmanor AdultWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938505Author Michael DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 702Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 921gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593937799Author Philip J RileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593936419Author Tom WeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 13mm

Director John Woo (b. 1946) reinvented the modern action movie and helped open the door for Asian filmmakers to the Western world. His hyper-violent, highly choreographed style made him a box office powerhouse, a respected auteur, and a revered figure...

The authorized biography of the celebrated film director William Wyler, a giant in his craft, who directed such classics as Ben-Hur, Funny Girl, and Roman Holiday. About the AuthorAxel Madsen authored twenty-two books, including sixteen biographies...

Lois Weber (1879-1939) was one of early Hollywood's most successful screenwriter-directors. A one-time Church Army worker who preached from street corners, Weber began working in the American film industry as an actress around 1908 but quickly ascended...

Although cinematographers are vital to the filmmaking process, they don't always get the recognition they deserve. Directors of cinematography often are responsible for the look of a film and its lasting impression on the viewer, but their skills are not...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781678015657Author Gary ParkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 7mm

Few - including director Mel Gibson - were prepared for the firestorm of controversy that followed the release of the long-awaited Passion of the Christ. Reviled by many, but so popular with others that the film has become one of the top grossers of all...

Where is the place of the voice in film? Where others have focused on Hollywood film, this volume aims to extend the field to other cinemas from around the world, encompassing Latin America, Asia and Africa amongst others. Traditional theoretical...

Film World brings together key interviews with cinema's leading directors. The directors chosen represent many of the most influential film-makers of the last 50 years. All have been selected because of their cinematic vision, because they have a...

If cinema can be approached as poetry and philosophy, it is because of Jean Epstein. Cocteau, Bunuel (who was his assistant), Hitchcock, Pasolini and Godard, and theoreticians Kracauer, Deleuze and Ranciere are directly influenced by Epstein's pioneering...

Described by Giles Deleuze as 'one of the greatest modern auteurs', Philippe Garrel is widely acknowledged as the most significant filmmaker to emerge in France after the New Wave. His deeply personal cinema traces the troubled sentimental lives of...

Documentary students and fans revel in stories about filmmakers conquering extraordinary challenges trying to bring their work to the screen. This book brings vividly to life the sometimes humorous, sometimes excruciating-and always inspiring-stories...

Hal Ashby (1929-1988) is considered to be the lost genius of the New Hollywood generation. While his name does not bear the familiarity of, say, Robert Altman or Martin Scorsese, his diverse films are among the best known and most beloved of the era...

Joel and Ethan Coen (b. 1954, 1957) started their careers in obscurity on a shoestring budget cajoled from family and friends in Minneapolis. Working entirely outside the studio system, the Coen brothers scored an unlikely first success in 1984 with...

Roman Polanski (b. 1933) arrived on the international scene in 1962 with his first feature film, Knife in the Water, and his face would be on the cover of Time magazine by the end of that year. His vibrant, disturbing, and often violent films--including...